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2 Samuel 7:21
21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know [it].
2 Samuel 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
- New International Version (NIV)For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
Context of 2 Samuel 7:21
19And yet this hath been a small thing in thy sight, Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, Lord Jehovah? 20And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant. For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know [it]. 22Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
Read all of 2 Samuel 72 Samuel 7:21 word by word
בַּעֲב֤וּר דְּבָֽרְךָ֙ וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ עָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את לְהוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶת־עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:21
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
- Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Joshua 23:14And behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your heart, and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good words that Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you: all are come to pass unto you — not one thing hath failed thereof.
- Psalms 115:1Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake.
- Psalms 138:2I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
- Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
- Luke 1:54He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,
- Matthew 11:26Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
- Luke 10:21In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
- Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
- 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, [a] called apostle of Jesus Christ, by God's will, and Sosthenes the brother,
- Ephesians 1:9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
- Ephesians 3:11according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:21
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can we ask, or think of? Ep…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21David achieved great things because of God's will, not his own ambition. You have accomplished: David spoke about what God promised to do for his descendants over many generations as if it had already happened. This shows David’s firm trust in God’s faithfulness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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